rant # 235 part b

overwhelmed n undernourished
spaced out n cashed up
moving on but hanging out
living now n crying later
all this techno phobe reinvention
redesign
rejig
reface
re re
contemplative naval gazing
leaves me cold
cos its not me -
whoever that is?
its only
little bits
which i shine up 
n make presentable for the general audience
all these books n records n words
might give ya a way in
but no matter what freends
I remain a mystery
to me
to you
to the universe . . . 

have ya noticed most of dem priests
n dem musos
would be love da mystic
the da cosmic dimension
finding the out there
in here?

looking for the big picture
and finding it in 
the blade of grass

seeking silence n solitude 
and then
finding themselves in the centre of the world

fasting praying loving renouncing
then having it all given back to them

learn to see
learn to hear
learn to love
thats the journey
thats the mystery

Comments

homeinarizona said…
Love your blogs!

I think you might appreciate mine of this morning: http://viewfromarizona.typepad.com/citrus/

Gets a bit deep and personal, doesn't it?

Roger
11:48 PM
Mark Brown said…
Wonderful. That needs a melody line...
5:04 AM
Chris Kan said…
ta lads.
Nice work Roger
I need to be schizophrenic sometimes in this blogger life . . .
5:52 PM
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